ASSISI:
as in, st. francis

the church of st. francis

the courtyard in the back
all those sweet arches

a roman museum
i think our favorite part is the elevated glass walkway above the ruins

definitely one of the best cities
probably one of the best views for sure

we climbed to the top of the hill where there was a castle/fortress that overlooks the city
we had to go into this freaky long dark tunnel to get to the tower

the hilllllssss are aliiiiiiveeeee

BEST CASTLE/FORTRESS EVERRRRR

got to the top
welcomed by a 360 degree view of city/country/fields/mountains/valleys/everything beautiful
it was amazing

more adventures of captain enoch

our day trip to tivoli

VILLA D'ESTES
the summer home of a rich man who tried multiple times to be pope, but did not succeed, so he built himself an amazing estate to heal the pain of rejection of not being pope.
the house was nice, the gardens were better

when we got there, there was a forest fire at a nearby hill
there were airplanes and helicopters dropping water off

excited and pensive (?) looks

in front of one of the fountains

:)

alright enough group pictures already

the wind in our hair makes us look like models

melynn found a new friend!

the beautiful view from on top the hill
(who am i kidding. everything here is beautiful.
italy needs a new adjective, or i should invest in a thesaurus)


leaving the villa

oh. did i forget to mention?
WE SAW JULIA ROBERTS!
SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL! IN REAL LIFE!
there was an "eat, pray, love" premier next to our hotel
photocred: m.berry..and james's shoulders

ciao for now!

WE ARE AT THE VATICAN

everyone gets a column
inside one of bernini's arms
photocred: m.berry


inside st. peter's basilica
the light was amazing

the baldachin inside st. peter's
where his tomb is

"no pictures, no photos"
little do they know....
hah! take that you vatican police!
the sistine chapel. the last judgement.
hats off to you, michelangelo

after running around the vatican
the question: do you want gelato?
and to that i say:
YAYAYAYAYAYA

some leftovers from yesterday

the creepy door of michelangelo's st. maria

all of our beautiful faces in front of the ara pacis

MODERN ROME:

maxxi theatre by zaha hadid

the stairs/ramps inside the museum.
zaha, you look like ursula, but i applaud your architecture

giant feet!

:)

the congress building
modern rome made me feel like i was back in germany for some reason, it was like we were in a completely different city

inside the congress building

on the roof
they had rows ad rows of benches that we crawled all over

that's all for modern rome
next post: VATICAN

everyone's gone this weekend, so the internet is going much faster
so i'll try to catch up on ROMA

the trevi fountain, in its pajamas

jujube and me in front of the fountain

baroque rome starts here:

borromininini's quattro fontane
the oval dome

the crypt under the church was mindblowingly awesome

so many different places to peek out of
julie and angela

outside of quattro fontane

a dome sandwich

the richard meier building that's housing the ara pacis

something about water..
a water wall outside the building that we were all instantly drawn to

inside the museum

mere and me inside the ara pacis

more later, people started coming back so the internet has returned to its snail speed
CIAO !

things to come:
modern rome
vatican
villa d'estes
assisi
florence duomo

as promised:

the spanish steps!

smilja said that the light is different in rome, which i was skeptical about, i mean, it's the same sun everywhere.
but it's really not. the sun is just different in rome. an indescribable kind of different. see for yourself.

told you.

the colors of rome

melynn, kayla and i at the top of the spanish steps